Not huge, but catchable.

The swell dipped yesterday, came up again in the evening and seems to have faded a touch overnight. However, as the morning got started it was a respectable two metres from the SSE at 10 seconds apart. Dee Why point was hosting a group of Huey worshippers, but the beach was looking pretty empty. Not surprising really, the line is very long, so those gently sloping banks are delivering a steady supply of 200 metre long shutdowns. Biggest set wave I saw had a wave face in the two metre range, however given the specifications on this swell, I’d be surprised if there weren’t bigger ones elsewhere.

Speaking of which, I’ll try to get out and about for another look later today, so check back again later ’cause I should have an update for you all.

Have yourself a great day.

Tides: H 1241, L 1941g

From the Bureau
Forecast for Sydney on Friday
Fine. Mostly sunny. Light to moderate northwest winds, turning north
to northeasterly and freshening during the afternoon near the coast.

Strong Wind Warning south of Wooli.

Synoptic Situation
A deep low over the southern Tasman Sea is moving steadily east. A high pressure ridge over northern NSW will move into the Coral Sea on Friday as another front moves into western NSW. This front is expected to cross the coast early Saturday with the wind turning strong to gale force west to southwesterly over the weekend. A deep low is expected to develop behind the front to the east of Tasmania on Saturday, then move northeastward into the Tasman Sea on Sunday with wind along the South Coast increasing further.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Strong Wind Warning.
Friday until midnight: Wind: NW 10/15 knots, increasing to N/NE 20/30 knots in the late afternoon or evening, chiefly offshore.Sea: about 1 metre, rising 2 to 3 metres in the afternoon/evening. Swell: S/SE 1.5 to 2 metres.
Saturday: Wind: N/NW 25/35 knots, turning W/NW of similar strength early.Sea: 2.5 to 3.5 metres. Swell: SE 1 to 1.5 metres.
Sunday: Wind: W 25/35 knots.

Hello Friends,

According to the MHL data this morning, Sydney is getting the same amount of energy it was yesterday morning. However, it looks a touch smaller to me at Dee Why. Maybe I was watching in a lull… anyway, set waves are into the head high range, so I don’t think there’d be too many complaints from the goodly size crowd.

It doesn’t look too junky, but that’s doubtless due to the light WNW breeze. According to the Bureau, we’re in for SE’ly wind today, so you’d have to think earlier will be better for just about everywhere. We’re set to have cloudy periods as the day goes along and there’s a chance of a late shower.

Low tide is at 0913 this morning and it’ll be high by 1534.

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Monday until midnight: Wind: SE 10/15 knots reaching 15/20 knots at times mostly offshore.Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres.Swell: S 2 to 3 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: E/NE 15/20 knots. Sea: about 1.5 metres. Swell: SE about 2 metres.
Wednesday: Wind: E’ly 15/20 knots increasing to 20/30 knots later

Good to see it stacking in on the sets.

Fun size lines at Dee Why beach for the early crew.

Didn't seem to be anyone in the water chasing these at 0730.

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As those who saw the vid report earlier today will know, I was down at south Narra shooting a few pics this morning. When I couldn’t stand it any longer, I paddled out for some of the same, not far from Wetherill Street. I bet there were waves like this from south of Mactier St to Northy… clearly one of the places to have been on Sunday morning.

Sadly, the wind is now hammering along at 15-20kts from the SSE and that will be chewing up pretty much everywhere that had a wave this morning.

Have yourself a top old Sunday afternoon!

Far north Collaroy

Far south Narrabeen this morning.

Lining one up at far nth Collaroy

Sunday morning fun.

Lining up a glassy section at far north Collaroy

Far south Narra

Wave #3021 this morning at far Sth Narra

It all comes together at far north Collaroy this morning.

Fun little A-frame pops up around 430

Hello Friends,

Just checking in to share a couple pics I managed to get during a 5 min. burst of sunshine in the Long Reef-Dee Why area at around 430pm.

As you can see, it looks as though the swell is still around – and those who don’t mind sub-15 degree air and intermittent showers are getting a few clean ones.

We’ve had a couple power outages this arvo, so it’s taking me longer than usual to knock this over!

Not huge, but who'd complain about being in the pocket on this one.

Outlook for tomorrow morning is really pretty similar to what we saw this afternoon, ie 2 metres of SE swell at around the 9-10 sec mark. Over the last couple days, there’s been quite a spread on the MHL buoy between the average and the peak period. It’s still there this evening. Peaks are running close to 13 seconds, so I’m hopeful that, apart from anything else, tomorrow morning will see much the same. The Bureau is currently calling for S-SW winds of 13-18 kts, grading to 18-23 kts out at sea. They reckon the swell will still be SE at 2-2.5 metres. The forecast is says we can expect showers early, but then it should fine up later.

Sounds promising!

Junky Dee Why beach, but not small

Hello Friends,

Grey, murky, the odd shower and a baleful SE wind make for a less than appetising picture this morning in Sydney.

There were a few bods in the water at the point, but as the picture below shows, the quality wasn’t a patch on yesterday. Up the beach, a lone bodyboarder (pic above) found something with a bit more on it. But as you can see, the quality was not astounding.

Overnight, as expected, the swell has decreased. It’s currently out of the SSE and averaging about two metres out at sea on a reasonable 10 sec period. Wind is around the 15kt mark and coming from a blergh-inducing SE’ly direction.

The models are sticking with the call for a gradual weakening trend in swell size, but not a decline to unsurfable flatness until Sunday-Monday. But it currently looks as though the juice could kick back up again around Tuesday…

Here’s the Bureau’s marine forecast for the next four days:

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Thursday until midnight: Wind: SW/SE 15/20 knots, turning SE.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: S/SE about 2 metres, decreasing to 1.5 to 2 metres.
Friday: Wind: S/SE 13/18 knots, gradually turning S/SW.Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres. Swell: S/SE about 2 metres.
Saturday Outlook: Wind: W/SW 5/15 knots.
Sunday Outlook: Wind: W/SW 15/25 knots.

Finally, a word about the last three days: sorry!

Happily, thanks to Ross, we now have resolved our hardware issues and the site seems to be going damn quick. BTW, we’re aware that IE6 users are getting an ugly effect from the top corner logo right now. It’s on our script guy’s to-fix list. I might respectfully add that upgrading from IE6 would be a good idea because the bad guys have lots of exploits for it these days. IE7, the latest Safari, Opera, and my fave, Firefox, are all safer browsers than creaky old IE6.

Have yourself a top old day!

0720: ordinary looking at the point